Oscar Gill House · Photo: 61north · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Anchorage than in 96% of U.S. towns
Measured on crimes Anchorage’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D−: #286 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Behind the grade sit 10.3 violent crimes and 29.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 4.8 and 18.8 in the rest of Alaska. Per resident, the graded crimes were up 10% from 2023 to 2025. Violent crime here is higher than in 98% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 91%.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AK” is every other Alaska city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Anchorage
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Anchorage’s police reported 24 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 8.5 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.0 times the rest of Alaska (4.2) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 3.9 times the rest of Alaska
170 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (517 reported in 2025), 3.9 times the rest of Alaska (44.0) and 2.1 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Anchorage reports less crime per resident than 12% (#286). Places like it ↓
Compared with the rest of Alaska
Anchorage is home to 39% of Alaska’s residents, so this page compares it with the rest of the state rather than a state total that includes the city itself. Violent crime ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Anchorage’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Anchorage | Rest of Alaska | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 9.4 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Anchorage | Rest of Alaska | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 153 | 45.0 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 162 | 40.6 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 167 | 50.5 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 180 | 40.9 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Anchorage’s police reported 24 homicides, 517 robberies and 2,951 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Alaska and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Anchorage per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 10 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Anchorage property | Rest of Alaska property | Anchorage violent | Rest of Alaska violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.6 | 19.5 | 11.5 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 28.9 | 22.2 | 10.6 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 27.7 | 18.1 | 10.1 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 33.1 | 16.3 | 10.3 | 4.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Alaska.
12,455 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
2,951 violent and 9,504 property, as reported to the FBI by Anchorage’s police.
95 people died in crashes on Anchorage’s roads in 2019–2023
Anchorage had 89 fatal crashes in five years, in which 95 people died; 37 were pedestrians and 4 were cyclists. 34 died in crashes on an Interstate.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Anchorage and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage | D− | 10.3 | 29.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Anchorage. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Anchorage’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (287,385 in 2025); our figure for Anchorage is 287,155 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Anchorage
Is Anchorage, AK safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Anchorage reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 10.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of Alaska and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Anchorage?
10.3 violent and 29.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alaska reports 4.8 and 18.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Anchorage in 2025?
Anchorage’s police reported 24 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 8.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Anchorage?
Anchorage’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Anchorage”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.